dodbdts
2008-03-29, 02:40 PM CDT
Hey all, this is my first post :-)
My problem: I can't get my resolution higher than 800x600
So I installed FC8 on my desktop yesterday..the installation seemed to go through alright, but when I restarted the computer the screen went black and i couldn't boot into any of the tty terminals. I then did some forums searching and ended up booting into single user mode from Grub. Edited the xorg.conf file and saw that it wasn't picking up a monitor so I went ahead and added a generic one to the xorg.conf and rebooted into init 5.
success (in a way)...I have a GUI..but my Res. is stuck at 800x600. I then tried system-config-display to have it see my monitor as a generic LCD with 1024x768 resolution and did a gdm-restart to restart the X ... the resolution didn't change :-| I then did an edit on the xorg.conf file and added Modes "1024x768" to the "Screen" Section and did another gdm-restart ... again the resolution didn't change (and i still couldn't select 1024x768)
I downloaded the nVidia driver (Geforce 7900 gs) and try to run the nVidia configuration tool...it tells me that I don't seem to be using the driver. I then follow its instruction on how to use the driver ... it still gives me the error
Can anyone tell me how to fix this? I'm kind of stuck. (btw I'm using my 32" Akai LCD HDTV as a monitor). Thanks
My problem: I can't get my resolution higher than 800x600
So I installed FC8 on my desktop yesterday..the installation seemed to go through alright, but when I restarted the computer the screen went black and i couldn't boot into any of the tty terminals. I then did some forums searching and ended up booting into single user mode from Grub. Edited the xorg.conf file and saw that it wasn't picking up a monitor so I went ahead and added a generic one to the xorg.conf and rebooted into init 5.
success (in a way)...I have a GUI..but my Res. is stuck at 800x600. I then tried system-config-display to have it see my monitor as a generic LCD with 1024x768 resolution and did a gdm-restart to restart the X ... the resolution didn't change :-| I then did an edit on the xorg.conf file and added Modes "1024x768" to the "Screen" Section and did another gdm-restart ... again the resolution didn't change (and i still couldn't select 1024x768)
I downloaded the nVidia driver (Geforce 7900 gs) and try to run the nVidia configuration tool...it tells me that I don't seem to be using the driver. I then follow its instruction on how to use the driver ... it still gives me the error
Can anyone tell me how to fix this? I'm kind of stuck. (btw I'm using my 32" Akai LCD HDTV as a monitor). Thanks